Re:

[Chris Crawford <chriscrawford@wave.net>]

> From: "Jason Joel Thompson" <jason@wildghost.com>
> Date: Mon, 29 Jan 2001 20:53:03 -0800
> To: <idrama@flutterby.com>
> Subject: Re: 
> 
> The paradigm
> shift is to move from defining story as a description of past events, to a
> description of -current- events

I must confess, your point is lost on me. To me, the operant term is
"description", and whether the description is of past events or current
events seems irrelevant to me. In the example you offer, the actors are
indeed interacting with one other, but the audience enjoys no interactivity
whatever, whether they are witnessing it as it happens or after the fact.

Chris